Kykar, Wind's Fury [Primer]

Commander / EDH Burn Combo Primer RUW (Jeskai, America) Spellslinger Tokens

Control_Train

Land (28)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Fiery Islet
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 3x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Plains
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rugged Prairie
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Spire of Industry
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Sunbaked Canyon
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Volcanic Island

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Council's Judgment
• 1x Distant Melody
• 1x Finale of Promise
• 1x Invoke the Firemind
• 1x Jaya's Immolating Inferno
• 1x Mizzix's Mastery
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Ribbons of the Reikai
• 1x Serum Visions
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Time Wipe
• 1x Winds of Abandon
• 1x Wrath of God

Instant (25)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cryptic Command *list*
• 1x Cyclonic RiftGC
• 1x Delay
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Expansion / Explosion
• 1x Force of WillGC
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mission Briefing
• 1x Mystical TutorGC
• 1x Opt
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Sphinx's Revelation
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Wear / Tear

Creature (8)

• 1x Burning Prophet
• 1x Monastery Mentor
• 1x Murder of Crows
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Sakashima the Impostor
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Young Pyromancer

Commander (1)

Artifact (14)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Primal Amulet  ^Flip
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Conviction
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Thought Vessel

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Jeskai Ascendancy
• 1x Rhystic StudyGC
• 1x Smothering TitheGC
• 1x Spirit Bonds

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils
• 1x Ral, Storm Conduit
• 1x Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
• 1x Teferi, Time Raveler

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Welcome to my Kykar, Wind's Fury decklist! This commander excited the hell out of me and so I had to build it.

Kykar lends itself to a cantrip-style strategy with a burn finisher, at least the way I see it. Kykar lets us do three things at (mosty) instant speed:

1. Make mana

2. Make creatures

3. Cause creatures to die

Therefore I’ve added some synergy elements to all three of those to make what feels like a well rounded deck.

I'm sure there's some infinite combo, but I don't want that.

What does this deck do?

Hello! This deck does many things, but it breaks down into a few simple goals.

1. Cast non-creature spells and make tokens

2. Sacrifice them for value

3. Sacrifice them for mana

4. Draw a lot of cards, hopefully

Kykar is a sacrifice outlet for mana, which means it's a free sacrifice outlet and it generates mana. Sounds obvious, but these two points let us build around getting value for creatures dying specifically, and having mana sinks for red mana. The other goal is to cast a lot of non-creature spells, which isn't hard to gain value for in these colors. So basically, we're casting non-creature spells, using the spirits in some way, either through ETB triggers, death triggers, or for mana (or all three), and winning via a value semi-combo (not infinite) based win condition.

Protecting Kykar

Kykar is a key part of our gameplan, so we need to protect them.

• Lightning Greaves - pretty simple, gives shroud; I don't think I would ever need to target Kykar except for Time Wipe and Spirit bonds, but if we have greaves we've already in a good spot
• Swiftfoot Boots - arguably better than Greaves because of hexproof and not shroud; serves the same function though, protects Kykar from spot removal
• Spirit Bonds - because we're making a lot of spirit tokens specifically, using them to keep Kykar safe through a board wipe is just a good game plan; can also generate tokens occasionally
• Teferi's Protection - the be all end all of protecting your permanents and yourself; no explanation needed
• Boros Charm - gives all of my things indestructible

Ramp

Even though we aren't in green, every deck needs to ramp somehow.

• Azorius Signet - mana rock; non-creature spell
• Boros Signet - mana rock; non-creature spell
• Izzet Signet - mana rock; non-creature spell
• Talisman of Progress - mana rock; non-creature spell
• Talisman of Conviction - mana rock; non-creature spell
• Talisman of Creativity - mana rock; non-creature spell
• Thought Vessel - mana rock; non-creature spell
• Sol Ring - duh
• Phyrexian Altar - even though Kykar gives us red mana for spirits, we plan to make a lot of other tokens, and sometimes we just need something other than red mana
• Ashnod's Altar - mostly for feeding into the big X spells or paying for other cards, but extremely useful to get two mana instead of one when color doesn't matter
• Primal Amulet   - this one isn't technically ramp, but it's a cost reducer that turns into a land that also copies spells; feels very necessary in an X spell centered deck
• Smothering Tithe - a white ramp staple

Token Makers

I've talked a lot about making tokens, so here's how we make them outside of Kykar

• Monastery Mentor - this is the best token generator in the deck, honestly; get them for casting non-creature spells and they get bigger should they need to
• Young Pyromancer - the most restrictive of the bunch, but at two mana it's definitely worthwhile
• Sakashima the Impostor - surprise, it's just another Kykar
• Spark Double - hey it's a... third Kykar? the more tokens the merrier
• Anointed Procession - everything makes double tokens; insanely powerful card and a great addition to white
• Saheeli, Sublime Artificer - now on the surface this just makes tokens, but it can do something weird like make another Monastery Mentor, which is quite powerful

Winning the Game

Here's how you take this convoluted pile of cards and actually kill your opponents.

• card:Jaya's Immolating Infero - dump all the mana from those spirits into a giant burn spell; notably I am only playing ones that can hit multiple targets for the full value of X, because single target one's seem like a bit of a waste of a slot when these exist [Banefire is the only one I would really consider that's single target because it can't be countered.]
• card:Coment Storm - see Inferno
• Purphoros, God of the Forge - he can just end games if you chain enough spells together

Counterspell

Bit of a boring section, but counters are some of the most effective way to save yourself from certain death.

• Force of Will - it's free
• Mana Drain - it's counterspell with upside
• Counterspell - an oldy (seriously), but a goody
• Delay - I just really like this card; it may be cut for Logic Knot since I'm not using my graveyard for much else
• Disallow - multipurpose, love it
• Arcane Denial - cheap and effective
• Dovin's Veto - can't be countered is a huge upside to Negate
• Cryptic Command - I will never sleeve a blue commander deck without this spell in it; it does almost literally everything

Removal

Every deck needs a good removal suite, so here's my choice for this deck.

• Cyclonic Rift - duh
• Generous Gift - Beast Within was so good for the green decks, I thought I'd get my own
• Path to Exile - one mana creature removal
• Swords to Plowshares - one mana creature removal
• Council's Judgment - gets around hexproof, although sometimes a bit of a gamble
• Winds of Abandon - it's either Path to Exile OR a one-sided Final Judgment; it's great
• Wear / Tear - most of the time it's just weird Disenchant, sometimes it's better though
• Chaos Warp - best red removal
• Imprisoned in the Moon - it's the blue Song of the Dryads; card is too good not to play
• Reality Shift - the blue Path to Exile
• Supreme Verdict - sweeper
• Time Wipe - sweeper that saves our commander
• Wrath of God - sweeper

Card Draw

We've gotta draw cards somehow.

• Murder of Crows - pretty obvious because I'm already sacrificing my creatures a bunch; not card advantage, but card selection en masse at will
• Skullclamp - in a deck based around making 1/1s, this seems obvious
• Jeskai Ascendancy - again, card selection over raw advantage, but the creature buff isn't irrelevant either
• Rhystic Study - blue draw staple, can run away with games
• Ribbons of the Reikai - just draw a shit ton of cards
• Distant Melody - this one is a bit more universal, as you can name Monk with Monastery Mentor or Servo with Saheeli, but Spirit works just as well
• Burning Prophet - not technically card advantage, but more card selection; turns every cantrip into an Opt, and lets me pseudo-loot away bad top decks
• Invoke the Firemind - big X draw spell or big damage spell; modality is the reason for playing this over something like Banefire
• Sphinx's Revelation - any UW player's dream is to resolve this for a giant X; draws cards and buffers our life total
• Pull from Tomorrow - cheap, instant, and X draw spell

Please feel free to leave any suggestions or feedback! I’ve been scouring scryfall all day but I may have missed something. Please upvote if you like the list!

Top Ranked	Achieved #2 position overall 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Primer 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH RUW (Jeskai, America) 3 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 48 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.61
Tokens	Elemental 1/1 R, Elephant 3/3 G, Manifest 2/2 C, Monk 1/1 W, Servo 1/1 C, Spirit 1/1 W, Treasure
Folders	Just Plain Cool, Inspiration, Neat, Kyks, 1, Stuff I like, Test, EDH inspirations, EDH, Decks to Consider